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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Circassians

Druze protest outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, demanding equal rights, June 30, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 2:53 pm
‘Not only equal in battle’: Druze, Circassians launch protests against discrimination
Minority communities announce week of action culminating in Jerusalem rally; leaders demand more resources and a five-year plan, as well as repeal of contentious planning law
By ToI Staff
Shas MK Moshe Arbel speaks at the Knesset, on May 27, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 21, 2024, 2:51 pm
Interior minister pushes PM on five-year plan to aid Druze, Circassians – report
Northern minority communities need more resources, MK Moshe Arbel said to tell Netanyahu, especially in light of the war
By ToI Staff
A man rides his bicycle past a mosque in the Circassian village of Kfar Kama in the northern Galilee region, on December 21, 2022. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
March 13, 2023, 10:08 am
Israel expresses frustration as delegation is barred from UN event in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh failed to issue visas to residents of Kfar Kama, a Circassian Muslim town picked as global ‘tourist village’; Tourism Ministry accuses UN of failing to meet own standards
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
The entrance to the Circassian village of Kfar Kama with an inscription in Hebrew and Circassian saying 'welcome' December 2020. (svarshik via iStock by Getty Images)
December 20, 2022, 11:25 pm
Circassian town in northern Israel wins UN recognition as global ‘tourist village’
Kfar Kama, in lower Galilee, is one of only two Circassian communities in Israel; award ceremony set for February in Saudi Arabia
By Danielle Nagler
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri arrives at the Knesset for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, March 3, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 4, 2020, 8:45 pm
Interior Ministry announces new funding for poor municipalities
78% will go to Arab communities, ministry says; Druze municipality leader says it’s ‘too little, too late’
By Aaron Boxerman
Members of the Druze community protest for the government financial support they were promised by the government, outside the weekly government office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, May 31, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2020, 10:55 am
Druze and Circassian protesters push for funding, decry ‘discrimination’
Netanyahu instructs Finance Ministry to draft new five-year plan for the two minority communities, whose young men serve in the IDF
By Aaron Boxerman
Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz seen with members of the Druze community and activists outside his home in Rosh Ha'ayin, during a protest against the nation-state law, January 14, 2019. (Flash90)
January 15, 2019, 2:46 pm
Is Gantz a leftist? We still don’t know. His empathy for the Druze is mainstream
Likud has slammed ex-IDF chief and would-be PM for vowing to ‘fix’ Nation-State Law, but even Bennett acknowledged its problems, and Netanyahu set up a committee to deal with them
By Raphael Ahren
Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz seen with members of the Druze community and activists outside his home in Rosh Ha'ayin, during a protest against the nation-state law, January 14, 2019. (Flash90)
January 14, 2019, 1:20 pm
Breaking silence, Gantz says he will ‘fix’ nation-state law to help Druze
Drawing fire from right and left, former army chief and would-be PM tells Druze activists controversial legislation weakens close bonds with their community, which serves in IDF
By Raoul Wootliff
Activists and members of the Druze community protest against the nation-state law, outside the Knesset, on October 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 21, 2018, 9:18 pm
Ministers delay debate on equal rights bill aimed at reassuring Druze
Opposition Druze MK’s proposal seeks to make amends for controversial Jewish nation-state law; he warns community’s voters won’t remain loyal if government doesn’t keep promises
By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a meeting to address Druze concerns in the wake of the nation-state law, on August 6, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom, GPO)
August 13, 2018, 11:44 pm
Netanyahu meets with committee on compensating minorities for nation-state law
At ministerial panel, Netanyahu wants to focus on improving housing, employment for Druze, Circassian communities
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a meeting to address Druze concerns in the wake of the nation-state law, on August 6, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom, GPO)
August 6, 2018, 9:47 pm
Netanyahu fumes as most ministers skip meeting on nation-state law
PM tells five who do show up to meeting on addressing Druze concerns that it is ‘important to make the right decisions and not reckless ones’
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 29, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool Yedioth Ahronoth/Flash90)
August 5, 2018, 1:33 pm
Pushing back against Druze protest, PM insists nation-state law is vital
After Tel Aviv rally draws over 50,000, Likud minister Yariv Levin says legislation necessary because Israel’s Jewish identity ‘being eroded’ by High Court
By ToI Staff
Tens of thousands participate in a Druze-led protest in Tel Aviv against the Jewish nation-state law, on August 4, 2018. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
August 4, 2018, 8:31 pm
Druze-led rally against nation-state law in Tel Aviv draws at least 50,000
Waving Israeli and Druze flags, demonstrators call for equality; Likud minister says people with political agenda are ‘stirring divisions’ in Israeli society
By ToI Staff
Activists and supporters of the Druze community in Israel at a protest tent against the nation-state law passed by the Knesset in July 2018, in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on August 1, 2018. In the background is a five-colored Druze religious flag representing five wise prophets of Al-Mowahideen (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 4, 2018, 3:10 pm
Tel Aviv readies for Druze-led mass protest over controversial nation-state law
Organizers say tens of thousands expected in Rabin Square to demonstrate against legislation criticized as discriminatory toward Israel’s minorities
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Muafak Tarif at his office in Jerusalem on August 1, 2018. (Prime Minister's Office)
August 3, 2018, 6:18 pm
PM indicates Druze efforts against Jewish state law funded by the left
Netanyahu posts article that says campaign to combat controversial legislation is sponsored by the New Israel Fund; group denies accusation
By ToI Staff
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